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PROPHETIC INTERPRETATIONS 0.1
This document is an attempt to provide interpretations for the
prophetic material in Robert Jordan's _The_Wheel_of_Time_. The prophecies
are extracted from the Wheel of Time FAQ, maintained by Pam Korda
. The entire document is available at
. It is also available
on many of the major other on-line services and by e-mail from myself
or a number of other people. These interpretations are usually a synthesis
of the general opinion on the 'net. No attempt at attribution has been
made. Corrections and/or additions are welcome.
Aaron Bergman
7.0========================READERS GUIDE TO PROPHECY========================
Interpretations will usually be made on a sentence by sentence basis.
Items prefaced by "-----" are prophecy.
7.1..........................................................EGWENE'S DREAMS
7.1.1
7.1.1.1
-----She saw Rand sleeping on the ground, wrapped in a cloak.
Rand sleeping near the portal stone with Hurin and Lan.
7.1.1.2
-----A woman had been standing over him, looking down. Her face was in shadow,
-----but her eyes seemed to shine like the moon, and Egwene had known
-----she was evil.
Lanfear.
7.1.1.3
-----Then there was a flash of light, and they were gone.
-----Both of them.
Lanfear transporting Rand to the "mirror of the wheel."
7.1.1.4
-----And behind it all, almost like another thing
-----altogether, was the feel of danger, as if a trap was just beginning
-----to snap shut on an unsuspecting lamb, a trap with many jaws."
Lanfear is attempting to snare Rand.
7.1.2
7.1.2.1
-----She had dreamed of Seanchan, too, of women in dresses with
-----lightning bolts woven on their breasts, collaring a long line
-----of women who wore Great Serpent rings, forcing them to call
-----lightning against the White Tower.
Some Aes Sedai have been captured, but not in the numbers seemingly
indicated by the statement "long line." This is then probably
related to the dreams and visions of Seanchan capturing the tower.
See also <7.2.7.4>, <7.6.3.6> and <7.2.7.14>.
7.1.2.2
-----...And the dream about Whitecloaks binding her father's hands.
The whitecloaks in the Two Rivers during _The_Shadow_Rising_.
7.1.3
7.1.3.1
-----There had been a dream of Rand, reaching for a sword that
-----seemed to be made of crystal, never seeing the fine net
-----dropping over him.
The "sword...of crystal" is Callandor. The net is the trap set by Be'lal.
Lanfear and Mesaana probably were involved, too.
7.1.3.2
-----And one of him kneeling in a chamber where a parched wind blew
-----dust across the floor, and creatures like the one on the Dragon
-----banner, but much smaller, floated on the wind, and settled into
-----his skin.
Rhuidean. The part about the small animals seems to be just metaphorical
of Rand getting the Dragon markings on his arms. There is a small
possibility, however, that this is as yet unfulfilled, though.
7.1.3.3
-----There had been a dream of him walking down into a great hole in
-----a black mountain, a hole filled with a reddish glare as from vast
-----fires below,
Rand entering the Bore at Shayol Ghul.
7.1.3.4
-----and even a dream of him confronting Seanchan.
This happened in "A Short Spear," but there is probably more to it.
7.1.4
7.1.4.1
-----Perrin with a falcon on his shoulder, and Perrin with a hawk.
The falcon is Faile as evidenced by her name. The hawk is
Berelain as evidenced by her banner. Their behavior further
bears this out.
7.1.4.2
-----Only the hawk held a leash in her talons--Egwene was somehow
-----convinced both the hawk and falcon were female--and the hawk
-----was trying to fasten it around Perrin's neck. That made her
-----shiver even now; she did not like dreams about leashes.
Berelain is slightly less well-intentioned than Faile.
7.1.4.3
-----And that dream of Perrin--with a beard!--leading a huge pack
-----of wolves that stretched as far as the eye could see.
This occurred at the end of _Lord_of_Chaos_. This is probably
not the last time, however.
7.1.4.4
-----...Mat, placing his own left eye on a balance scale.
Mat will lose an eye in a sacrifice to save the world. Related
to Mat's answer from the Aelfinn. <7.3.5.3>. See also <7.1.9.3>
and <7.2.1.6>
7.1.4.5
-----Mat, hanging by his neck from a tree limb.
Mat, after his visit to the Eelfinn in Rhuidean.
7.1.4.6
-----There had been a dream of Mat and Seanchan too but she was willing
-----to dismiss that as a nightmare. It had to have been just a nightmare.
This seems to be related to the fact that Mat will marry the Daughter of
the Nine Moons. This, and other prophecies, imply that this may not
necessarily be good. See also <7.1.8.5>, <7.1.12.4>, <7.1.12.2>, and
<7.3.5.1>.
7.1.4.7
-----Just like the one about Mat speaking the Old Tongue.
Mat can speak in the Old Tongue, now.
7.1.5
7.1.5.1
-----She had dreamed of Perrin with a wolf, and with a falcon, and a
-----hawk -- and the hawk and falcon fighting --
The wold is probably Hopper. For the rest, see above <7.1.4.1>
7.1.5.2
-----of Perrin running from someone deadly,
Slayer?
7.1.5.3
-----and Perrin stepping willingly over the edge of a towering cliff
-----while saying, 'It must be done. I must learn to fly before I reach
-----the bottom.'
Refers to dealing with wolfbrotherness?
7.1.5.4
-----There had been one dream of an Aiel and she thought that had to do
-----with Perrin too, but she was not sure.
Gaul?
7.1.5.5
-----And a dream of Min, springing a steel trap but somehow walking through
-----it without so much as seeing it.
The Tower Coup? That doesn't quite fit, though.
7.1.5.6
-----Mat with dice spinning 'round him
Probably just refers to his luck.
7.1.5.7
-----Mat being followed by a man who was not there ... or maybe more than
-----one, but in some way there was no one there...
Gray men chasing Mat.
7.1.5.8
-----Mat riding desperately toward something unseen in the distance that
-----he had to reach,
Rescuing Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve from Comar.
7.1.5.9
-----and Mat with a woman who seemed to be tossing fireworks about.
-----An Illuminator, she assumed, but that made no more sense than
-----anything else.
Aludra.
7.1.5.10
-----Men and women breaking out of a cage, then putting on crowns.
The Forsaken.
7.1.5.11
-----A woman playing with puppets, and another dream where the strings on
-----puppets led to the hands of larger puppets, and their strings led
-----to still greater puppets, on and on until the last strings vanished
-----into unimaginable heights.
Very general referring to the conspiracies within conspiracies, although
the "woman" could be the Amyrlin seat.
7.1.5.12
-----Kings dying, queens weeping, battles raging.
It's all happened.
7.1.5.13
-----Whitecloaks ravaging the Two Rivers.
Happened.
7.1.5.14
-----She had even dreamed of the Seanchan again.
Not much one can say here.
7.1.6
7.1.6.1
-----Perrin with a falcon on his shoulder,
See above <7.1.4.1>
7.1.6.2
-----choosing between ax and hammer;
Symbolically this seems to refer to choosing between creation
and destruction, or violence and The Way of the Leaf. <7.1.11.2>
7.1.6.3
-----A Whitecloak putting Master Luhhan in the middle of a
-----huge, toothed trap for bait;
Ordeith/Fain trying to lure Rand to the Two Rivers.
7.1.6.4
-----Mat dicing with the Dark One,
Mat's "bet" with Rahvin.
7.1.6.5
-----shouting "I am coming!" at her;
Mat chasing Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve to Tear.
7.1.6.6
-----Rand sneaking through utter darkness toward Callandor while all
-----around him six men and five women walked, some hunting him and
-----some ignoring him, some trying to guide him toward the shining
-----crystal sword and some trying to stop him from reaching it, appearing
-----not to know where he was, or only to see him in flashes.
Rand, the Forsaken and their varying agendas.
7.1.6.7
-----One of the men had eyes of flame, and he wanted Rand dead with a
-----desperation she could nearly taste;
Ishamael
7.1.6.8
-----Rand in that dry, dusty chamber again, with those small creatures
-----settling into his skin.
See above <7.1.3.2>
7.1.7
7.1.7.1
-----Rand confronting a horde of Seanchan.
Still to come would be my guess. See also <7.1.3.4>, <7.2.16.1> and
<7.5.5.3>.
7.1.7.2
-----Rand confronting her, and the women with her, and one of *them*
-----was a Seanchan.
Egwene is the Amyrlin seat, so Rand will probably confront her in that
capacity. The Seanchan might be Egeanin, Cerandin or a Seanchan we haven't
met.
7.1.8
7.1.8.1
-----Rand as tall as a mountain, walking through cities, crushing
-----buildings beneath his feet, with screaming people like ants fleeing
-----from him.
Metaphor of the destrucyion he has caused and might stillcause.
7.1.8.2
-----Rand in chains, and it was he who was screaming.
The possibly cross-references to the possibility is that Rand might be
captured by the Seanchan and have a bracelet put on him. His hand would
then be cut off to prevent him from dying. This relates to the missing
hand prophecy seen in <7.2.1.14>, and <7.2.3.2>
7.1.8.3
-----Rand building a wall with him on one side and her
-----on the other, her and Elayne and others she could not make out. "It
-----has to be done," he was saying as he piled up stones. "I'll not let
-----you stop me now."...
Implies that Rand might do something that other people would think as
stupid. This could be the breaking of the seals. See also <7.1.13.3>
7.1.8.4
-----Aiel fighting each other, killing each other, even throwing away
-----their weapons and running as if they had gone mad.
Rand telling the Aiel of their origins and the repercussions.
7.1.8.5
-----Mat wrestling with a Seanchan woman who tied an invisible leash
-----to him.
This is another thing that does not bode well for Mat's upcoming marriage.
See also <7.1.4.6> and <7.3.5.1>.
7.1.8.6
-----A wolf - [Perrin] - fighting a man whose face kept changing.
Slayer/Luc.
7.1.8.7
-----Galad wrapping himself in white as though putting on his own shroud,
Galad becoming a whitecloak.
7.1.8.8
-----and Gawyn with eyes full of pain and hatred.
Gawyn's hatred of the Aes Sedai because of Elayne et al's disappearence.
7.1.8.9
-----Her mother weeping.
Could refer to the whitecloaks in the Two Rivers.
7.1.9
7.1.9.1
-----Rand sitting down in a chair, and somehow she knew that the
-----chair's owner would be murderously angry at having her chair
-----taken.
Rand being in control of Andor. The chair is the throne and the owner
is Morgase.
7.1.9.2
-----Perrin, lounging with Faile on his lap, kissing
-----her while she played with the short-cut beard that he wore in
-----the dream. Behind them tow banners waved, a red wolf's head and
-----a crimson eagle. A man in a bright yellow coat stood near to
-----Perrin's shoulder, a sword strapped to his back; in some way she
-----knew that he was a tinker, though no tinker would ever touch a
-----sword. And every bit of it except the beard seemed important.
-----The banners, Faile kissing Perrin, even the tinker. Every time
-----he moved closer to Perrin it was if a chill of doom shot through
-----everything.
The Tinker is Aram. Him being close to Perrin is bad, it seems.
7.1.9.3
-----Mat throwing dice with blood streaming down his face, the wide
-----brim of his hat pulled down low so she could not see his would,
Mat has lost an eye. See <7.1.4.4>, <7.2.1.6> and <7.3.5.3>.
7.1.9.4
-----while Thom Merrilin put his hand into a fire
-----to draw out the small blue stone that now dangled on Moiraine's
-----forehead.
Thom rescues Moiraine, possibly via the Tower of Ghenjei. Some people
believe that Moiraine is dead, however. If that is the case, then this
is open for interpretation.
7.1.9.5
-----Or a dream of a storm, great dark clouds rolling
-----without wind or rain while forked lightning bolts, every one
-----identical, rent the earth.
The battle of Cairhien?
7.1.10
7.1.10.1
-----Twice, right on top of each other, she dreamed of taking [Gawyn] by the
-----shoulders and trying to turn him to face the other way against his will.
-----Once he brushed her hands away roughly; the other time she was somehow
-----stronger than he. The two blended tongether hazily. In another,
-----[Gawyn] began swinging a door closed on her, and she knew if that
-----narrowing gap of light vanished, she was dead.
The issue of Egwene and Gawyn is still unresolved. However, Egwene's life
depends on Gawyn. See also <7.2.7.3>
7.1.11
7.1.11.1
-----Perrin came and stood before her, a wolf lying at his feet, a hawk and a
-----falcon perched on his shoulders glaring at each other over his head.
The Hawk and the Falcon are Berelain and Faile, respectively (see <7.1.4.1>).
7.1.11.2
-----Seemingly unaware of them, he kept trying to throw away that axe of his
-----until finally he ran, the axe floating through the air chasing
-----him.
Perrin wants to escape the axe--escape violence, but is unable because
of the world. Or something else. <7.1.6.2>
7.1.11.3
-----Again Perrin; he turned away from a Tinker and ran, faster and
-----faster though she called for him to come back.
This tinker might be Aram. See <7.1.9.2>
7.1.12
7.1.12.1
-----Mat spoke words she almost understood - the Old Tongue, she thought
Why Egwene thinks she almost understands the Old Tongue (also
mentioned in _The_Eye_of_the_World_) is still unknown, although it
might indicate that she is someone reborn.
7.1.12.2
-----and two ravens alighted on his soulders, claws sinking through his coat
-----into the flesh beneath.
The ravens would seem to be the two Ravens on the spear he received from
the Eelfinn. Whether this is related to the Seanchan is undetermined
although the fact that he will have a relationship with the Daughter of
the Nine Moons, someone known to be of the Seanchan, seems to indicate
that there is a relation. This might indicate that there could be
two Seanchan involved with Mat. See also <7.1.4.6>, <7.3.5.1>, <7.1.12.4>
and <7.1.8.5>
7.1.12.3
-----He seemed no more aware of them that Perrin
-----had been on the hawk and the falcon, yet the defiance passed across
-----his face, and the grim acceptance.
Mat will be forced into marriage with the Daughter of the Nine Moons?
7.1.12.4
-----In another a woman, face shrouded
-----in shadow, beckoned him toward great danger; Egwene did not know what,
-----only that it was monstrous."
Again, this might be another thing forboding bad things for Mat's marriage
to the Daughter of the Nine Moons. See also <7.1.12.2>, <7.1.8.5>,
<7.1.4.6>, and <7.3.5.1>.
7.1.13
7.1.13.1
-----Several concerned Rand, not all bad, but all odd. Elayne, forcing him to
-----his knees with one hand."
No idea.
7.1.13.2
-----Elayne and Min and Aviendha, sitting in a silent circle around him,
-----each in turn reaching out to lay a hand on him."
Related to the fact that all three love Rand and vice versa. Laying
hands may have something to do with healing.
7.1.13.3
-----Him walking toward a burning mountain, something crunching
-----beneath his boots. She stirred and whimpered; the crunching things
-----were the seals on the Dark One's prison, shattering with his every
-----step."
The mountain is Shayol Ghul. The seals being broken cross references to
Herid Fel's note: "Have to clear rubble before you can build." and
<7.1.8.3>
7.2...........................................................MIN'S VIEWINGS
7.2.1
7.2.1.1
-----*LAN: Seven ruined Towers
The seven broken towers of Malkier.
7.2.1.2
--------A babe in a cradle holding a sword.
Lan, after Malkier destruction. (Or right before, possibly.)
7.2.1.3
-----*THOM: A man--not him--juggling fire
Owyn.
7.2.1.4
--------The White Tower
Thom is involved with the White Tower in a few ways. He probably has in his
hands the name of several Red Ajah who may be dead soon.
7.2.1.5
-----*MAT: A red eagle
The red eagle of Manetheren. Refers to Mat probably being Aemon reborn.
7.2.1.6
--------A eye on a balance scale
Mat will lose an eye. See also <7.1.4.4>, <7.1.9.3>, and <7.3.5.3>.
7.2.1.7
--------A dagger with a ruby
The dagger from Shadar Logoth.
7.2.1.8
--------A horn
The Horn of Valere
7.2.1.9
--------A laughing face
No idea. A possibility is that this refers to Halima/Aran'gar/Balthamel
as Balthamel was described as giggling.
7.2.1.10
-----*RAND A sword that isn't a sword
Callandor.
7.2.1.11
-------A golden crown of laurel leaves
The crown of illian.
7.2.1.12
-------A beggars staff,
Something bad might happen to Rand. Cross references to <7.1.8.2>.
7.2.1.13
-------Him pouring water on sand
Rand making rain an al'Cair Dal.
7.2.1.14
-------A bloody hand and a white hot iron
Rand might lose a hand. See <7.1.8.2> and <7.2.3.2>.
7.2.1.15
-------Three woman standing over a funeral bier with him on it,
-------Black rock wet with blood
Rand's gonna die, although possibly in a weird way. See <7.3.12.1>.
7.2.2 and above.
7.2.2.1
-----*PERRIN: A wolf
Perrin is a wolfbrother.
7.2.2.2
-------A broken crown
The broken crown of Saldea.
7.2.2.3
-------Trees flowering around him
Unknown. Possibly refers to the Song of the Tuatha'an. There is also a
scene where Perrin returns to the Two Rivers in _The_Shadow_Rising_
that might fit.
7.2.2.4
-------An Aielman in a cage
Gaul.
7.2.2.5
-------A Tuatha'an with a sword
Aram.
7.2.2.6
-------A falcon and a hawk, perching on his shoulders, both female.
Faile and Berelain. See <7.1.4.1>.
-------A darkness swirling around him.
The darkness scene around Mat, Perrin and Rand in many of Min's
visions.
7.2.3
7.2.3.1
-----*ELAYNE The Rose Crown of Andor,
Elayne will become Queen.
7.2.3.2
-------A severed hand, not hers,
Possibly refers to Rand's hand. See <7.2.1.14> and <7.1.8.2>
7.2.3.3
-------A red-hot iron and an ax.
Possibly how the hand will be cut off?
7.2.4
7.2.4.1
-----*NYNAEVE: Man's ring of heavy gold.
Lan's ring.
7.2.5
7.2.5.1
-----*EGWENE A white flame
Egwene is Amyrlin.
7.2.6
7.2.6.1
-----*LOGAIN A halo of gold and blue, signifying glory to come.
Colors may or may not be significant. Glory might refer drawing
Callandor. Ungentled, he may also challenge Taim. See also <7.2.8.1>
7.2.7
7.2.7.1
-----*GAWYN A heron marked sword,
Gawyn is a blademaster.
7.2.7.2
-------his or threatening His banner with a field of green rather
-------than white
The banner of the Younglings.
7.2.7.3
-------Either breaking Egwene's neck or kneeling to her.
Again, the issue is still unresolved. See <7.1.10.1>.
7.2.7.4
-----*ANANDA Yellow Ajah-wore a sickly brown halo, shriveled
-------and split by rotting fissures that fell in and widened as they
-------decayed.
Bad things. Either the tower coup or Seanchan attack. Same for all
"Bad things" below. More likely the tower coup for most. See also <7.1.2.1>
and <7.6.3.6>, <7.5.11.4>
7.2.7.5
-----*GREEN AJAH And on her shoulder, as if nestled among the grape
-------vines and flowering apple branches worked on her shawl, sat a
-------human skull. A small woman's skull, picked clean and
-------sun-bleached.
Bad things.
7.2.7.6
-----*ANOTHER WOMAN ...seemed to be casting cool blue eyes on
-------the petitioners through tattered curtain of blood, crimson
-------streamers running down her face.
Yet more bad things.
7.2.7.7
-----*ANANDAN AND TWO OTHER AES SEDAI All three of them! Light! What chance
-------was there that three Aes Sedai would die on the same day?
Still more bad things.
7.2.7.8
-----*ACCEPTED bars floated in front of her apple-cheeked face, like a
-------cage.
Possibly even more bad things.
7.2.7.9
-----*SHERIAM face battered and bruised.
The bad things never end.
7.2.7.10
-----*BROWN AJAH aura faded like a guttered candle flame.
Bad things.
7.2.7.11
-----*WARDERS bloody faces, or gaping wounds. Swords and spears
-------danced about their heads, threatening...auras flashed wildly,
-------flickered on the knife edge of death...dead men walking, knew
-------they would die on the same day as the Aes Sedai in the entry
-------hall, or at most a day later.
Bad things.
7.2.7.12
-----*SERVANTS bore signs of violence.
The interminable bad things.
7.2.7.13
-----*AES SEDAI appeared to have chains in the air around her
Guess.
7.2.7.14
-----*AES SEDAI seemed for most of those few strides to wear a silver
-------collar around her neck.
The Seanchan attack. See <7.1.2.1>, <7.6.3.6> and <7.2.7.4>.
7.2.7.15
-----*LEANE a transparent mask of her own face, a screaming mask.
The tower coup.
7.2.7.16
-----*SIUAN SANCHE lying on the floor, naked. Aside from her being only
-------in her skin, there was something odd about the image, but it vanished
-------before Min could say what
The tower coup.
7.2.8
7.2.8.1
-----*SHERIAM: "Rays of silver and blue flashed about her fiery hair,
-----and a soft golden light; Min could not say what it meant."
Possibly related to Logain's halo <7.2.6.1>.
7.2.9
7.2.9.1
-----*CARLINYA: "a raven floating beside her dark hair; more of a drawing of
-----the bird than the bird itself. She thought it was a tattoo..."
The raven seems to be both associated with the Dark One and the Seanchan.
7.2.10
7.2.10.1
-----*EDESINA: "[...] a silvery collar suddenly appeared, snug around the
-----woman's neck, and as suddenly seemed to shatter. Min shivered.
-----She did not like viewings connected to the Seanchan. At least
-----Edesina would escape somehow."
Edesina was one of the Aes Sedai sent to Tarabon which is currently
under the control of the Seanchan. This indicates that she will
be collared and then released.
7.2.11
7.2.11.1
-----*SS/GARETH BRYNE: 'When Bryne came in, I had a viewing. An aura, and
-----a bull ripping roses from around its neck, and ...
The symbol for Gareth Bryne is a bull with roses around its neck
signifying the Rose Crown of Andor. This signifies Bryne
disassociating himself from Morgase.
7.2.11.2
-----None of it matters except the aura. I didn't even really understand
-----that, but more than anything else.' 'How much did you understand?'
-----'If you want to stay alive, you had better stay close to him.'
-----Despite the heat, Min shivered. She had only ever had one other
-----viewing with an 'if' in it, and both had been potentially deadly.
-----It was bad enough sometimes knowing what would happen; if she
-----started knowing what might ... 'All I know is this. If he
-----stays close to you, you live. If he gets too far away, for too
-----long, you are going to die. Both of you. I don't know why I
-----should have seen anything about you in his aura, but you seemed
-----like part of it.'
Pretty obvious. Also probably related to the relationship between Siuan
and Bryne.
7.2.12
7.2.12.1
-----*FAOLAIN: 'A nasty woman,' Min murmured, squinting after Faolain ...
-----'You'd think, if there was any justice, she would have an
-----unpleasant future ahead of her.'
This seem to imply that Faolain has a pleasent future ahead of her,
although Min might see nothing at all around her.
7.2.13
7.2.13.1
-----*MARIGAN, NICOLA, and AREINA:
-----'Those three you brought with are trouble, and that is a viewing.'
-----'I only caught glimpses of aura, and just out of the corner of my
-----eye. Never when I was looking right at them, where I might have
-----made something out.'
Marigan is Moghedien. The significance of the other two is still unknown
although they do have some Talents.
7.2.14
7.2.14.1
-----*RAND,ELAYNE, MIN, AVIENDHA:
-----Elayne leaped off the cliff. "Min, you had a viewing about Rand
-----and me, didn't you?" [...]
-----"Yes." It was a wary word.
-----"You saw that we were going to fall in love."
-----"Not exactly. I saw you'd fall in love with him. I don't know
-----what he feels for you, only that he's tied to you some way."
-----[...] "And you saw there would be someone else. Someone I'd have
-----to ... share ... him with."
-----"Two, " Min said hoarsely. "And .... And I'm one."
-----[...] "Who is the third?"
-----"I don't know," Min mumbled. "Only that she has a temper. Not
-----Nynaeve."
The three are Min, Elayne and Aviendha. See also <7.2.1.15>
7.2.15
7.2.15.1
-----*RAND: Contless thousands of sparkling lights, like stars or fireflies,
-----rushed into a great blacknes, trying to fill it up, rushed in and were
-----swallowed. Theree seemed to be more lights than she had ever seen
-----before, but the darkness swallowed them at a greater rate, too.
The darkness metaphor again.
7.2.15.2
-------And there was something else, something new, an aura of yellow and
-----brown and purple that made her stomach clench.
See 7.2.16.1
7.2.16
7.2.16.1
-----*RAND: "I saw an aura around you in the throne room. Aes Sedai are
-----going to hurt you. Women who can channel, anyway. It was all
-----confused; I'm not sure about the Aes Sedai part. But it might happen
-----more than once."
This relates to <7.2.18.1> which says that something bad will happen twice.
The first is the taking at the end of _The_Lord_of_Chaos_. Min
being sure about Aes Sedai seems to imply that the second will not
be Aes Sedai. While the Sharrans or the Atha'an Miere are possible,
the Seanchan seem the most likely as evidenced by <7.1.3.4>, <7.1.7.1>.
Other cross-references are to <7.7.3.2>, <7.2.1.12>, and <7.1.8.2>.
7.2.17
7.2.17.1
-----*MELAINE: 'You will have two daughters,' Min murmured. 'Twins like
-----mirrors.'
Pretty obvious.
7.2.18
7.2.18.1
-----*RAND/PERRIN: "When you two were together, I saw those fireflies and the
-----darkness stronger than ever.... But with two of you in the same room,
-----the fireflies were holding their own instead of being eaten faster than
-----they can swarm, the way they do when you're alone."
-----"Twice he's going to have to be there, or you [Rand]...." "If he's not,
-----something bad will happen to you." "Very bad."
-----Rand: "Then I'll just have to keep him around."
-----Min: "I don't know that that will be enough,
-----it _will_ happen if he is not there, but nothing I saw said it won't
-----because he is. It will be very bad, Rand. Just thinking of that viewing
-----makes me...."
Perrin will have to save Rand twice. He did once, already. The second is
yet to come. See <7.2.16.1> and it's references.
7.2.19
7.2.19.1
-----*MISC. NOBLES: "Maringil...was going to die by poison. Colavaere...
-----would die by hanging.
-------Meilan...would die by the knife.
-------Aracome and Maraconn and Gueyam were all going to die too, bloody
-----deaths, in battle.
Help. I don't have my book. What does this relate to? I need an
interpretation here.
7.2.20.1
-----*BERELAIN: "a man in white who will make her fall head over heels."
Galad is one theory. Also is that it will be a Gai'Shain, possibly even
Rhuarc, although a Rhuarc relationship doesn't make sense to me as it
seems like they have a father daughter relationship.
7.3.......................................................VARIOUS PROPHECIES
7.3.1
7.3.1.1
-----And it came to pass in those days, as it had come beofre and would come
-----again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land an weighed down the hearts of
-----men, and the green things failed, and hope died. And men cried out to
-----the Creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the
-----Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he
-----was in ages past and will be in ages to come. Let the Prince of the
-----Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys
-----give forth lambs. Let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from
-----the Dark, and the great sword of justice defend us. Let the Dragon ride
-----again on the winds of time. (from _Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The
-----Cycle of the Dragon._ Author unknown, the Fourth Age)
Nice and flowery. Not much, except for the possible reference to
Hawking's sword "Justice."
7.3.2
7.3.2.1
The prophecy for the Horn of Valere:
-----In the last, lorn fight
-----'gainst the fall of long night,
-----the mountains stand guard,
-----and the dead shall be ward,
-----for the grave is no bar to my call.
Again, not much.
7.3.3
7.3.2.3
Elaida's Foretelling:
-----'This I Foretell...and swear under the Light that I can say no
-----clearer. From this day Andor marches toward pain and division. The
-----Shadow has yet to darken to its blackest, and I cannot see if the
-----Light will come after. Where the world has wept one tear, it will
-----weep thousands....This, too, I Foretell. Pain and division come to
-----the whole world, and this man [Rand] stands at the heart of it.'
Again, not much.
7.3.4
7.3.4.1
-----And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword
-----held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his
-----hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus
-----do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning.
Rand draws forth Callandor, the Sword in the Stone.
7.3.5
ANSWERS TO MAT'S QUESTIONS: [What fate?]
7.3.5.1
-----To marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
The Daughter of the Nine Moons is a high figure in Seanchan society,
probably a daughter of the empress, or possibly the empress herself.
See also <7.1.12.2>, <7.1.12.4>, <7.1.4.6> and <7.1.8.5>.
7.3.5.2
-----To die and live again, and live once more a part of what was.
Mat has "died" twice. Once in Rhuidean when he was hung on Avendesora and
had to be revived by Rand, the other in Caemlyn when he was revived by
Rand's use of balefire on Rahvin.
7.3.5.3
-----To give up half the light of the world to save the world.
Mat will lose an eye. See <7.1.4.4>, <7.1.9.3>, and <7.2.1.6>.
7.3.6
The Jendai Prophecy: The prophecy of the Coramoor.
7.3.6.1
-----He can wield the One Power
Rand can.
7.3.6.2
-----... and he holds the Sword That Cannot Be Touched.
Rand held Callandor and one point. An interesting point is that there
are indications that Rand will not wield Callandor again. However,
everything else in the prophecy seems to indicate Rand, so...
7.3.6.3
-----The Aiel have come over the Dragonwall to his call.
They did.
7.3.6.4
-----... The Stone of Tear has fallen, and war breaks over the nations
-----of the land.
Happened.
7.3.6.5
-----Those who once ruled have returned, and been driven
-----back for the first time.
The Seanchan came and were driven back. However, theu have returned.
7.3.6.6
-----... The White Tower shall be broken by his name,
Done.
7.3.6.7
-----and Aes Sedai shall kneel to wash his feet and dry them with
-----their hair.
The feet washing bears a resemblance to the ceremony of installing an
Amyrlin.
7.3.7
(Moiraine, Melaine, and Seana in conversation on Chaendaer)
7.3.7.1
-----"We did not see Egwene or Mat Cauthon at all. It was no more than
-----an even chance that the young man who calls himself Rand al'Thor
-----would come. If he did not, it was certain that he would die, and
-----the Aiel too. Yet he has come, and if he survives
-----Rhuidean, some of the Aiel at least will survive.
It is prophecized that Rand will break the Aiel so that only a "remnant
of a remnant will remain."
7.3.7.2
-----This we know. If you [Moiraine] had not come, he would have died.
Moiraine had to be there to go throught the rings.
7.3.7.3
-----If Aan'allein had not come, you would have died.
Aan'allein is Lan. If he hadn't come, Moiraine would have died.
7.3.7.4
-----If you did not go through the rings..."
Then Lanfear would have probably killed Rand or Lews Therin might have
taken over.
7.3.8
>From Rhuidean:
7.3.8.1
-----The stone that never falls will fall to announce his coming.
The Stone of Tear fell.
7.3.8.2
-----Of the blood, but not raised by the blood,
He is of Aiel blood, but not raised by Aiel.
7.3.8.3
-----he will come from Rhuidean at dawn,
He did.
7.3.8.4
-----and tie you together with bonds you cannot break.
The fact that he told the Aiel of their history?
7.3.8.5
-----He will take you back, and he will destroy you.
He has broken the Aiel with his telling of their history.
7.3.9
This is interesting as to whether it can be taken to be prophecy or not.
It is supposedly a children's song overheard in Arvalon of the Fourth
Age. Anyways, here are some interpretations:
7.3.9.1
-----The lions sing
Lion could refer to Andor.
7.3.9.2
-----and the hills take flight.
Hills could refer to Cairhein originally comes from "Golden Dawn Hill."
7.3.9.3
-----The moon by day,
Moon could refer to Tear.
7.3.9.4
-----and the sun by night.
Could be the Whitecloaks.
7.3.9.5
-----Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
I haven't seen any substantiated theories for these.
7.3.9.6
-----Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
What the Dark One said to Demandred.
7.3.10
7.3.10.1
-----*NICOLA'S FORETELLING: "The lion sword, the dedicated spear, she who sees
-----beyond.
These three are Elayne, Aviendha and Min.
7.3.10.2
-----Three on the boat, and he who is dead yet lives."
He who is dead yet lives in Rand. See <7.3.11.1> and <7.3.12.1>.
7.3.10.3
-----The great battle done, but the world not done with battle.
Probably indicating more to come after Tarmon Gai'don. Or maybe Tarmon
Gai'don isn't the battle. Maybe Tarmon Gai'don comes after a large battle
7.3.10.4
-----The land divided by the return
The return is probably the Seanchan as they call themselves the return.
It could also be the return of the Dragon or the Forsaken. See <7.3.11.4>
7.3.10.5
-----and the guardians balance out the servants.
The guardians are the Asha'man and the servants are the Aes Sedai.
7.3.10.6
-----The future teeters on the edge of a blade."
Metaphor, although it could be taken literally to mean that a blade will
have some significance later on.
7.3.11
7.3.11.1
-----Wise Ones Dreams: "Melaine and Bair dreamed of you [Rand] on a boat
-----with three women whose faces they could not see,
The three women are Elayne, Aviendha and Min. See <7.3.10.1>
7.3.11.2
-----and a scale tilting first one way and then the other."
Metaphor.
7.3.11.3
-----Melaine and Amys dreamed of a man standing by your side with a
-----dagger to your throat, but you did not see him.
Rand thinks that this is a Gray Man. I think it is Taim.
7.3.11.4
-----Bair and Amys dreamed of you cutting the wetlands in two
-----with a sword.
Besides the obvious, see <7.3.10.4>
7.3.11.5
-----All three had this dream, which makes it especially significant.
-----Rain, coming from a bowl. There are snares and pitfalls around
-----the bowl. If the right hands pick it up, they will find a treasure
-----perhaps as great as the bowl. If the wrong hands, the world is
-----doomed. "The key to finding the bowl is to find the one
-----who is no longer."
A lot is obvious. My favorite candidate for the "one who is no longer" is
Moiraine although Lews Therin has been mentioned.
7.3.12
7.3.12.1
-----Behind the Red Doorway in Tear: "He [Rand] knew he had a chance to live,
-----if a seemingly impossible one. _If_you_would_live_, _you_must_die_."
See <7.3.10.2> Seems to indicate that Rand will die, but something funny
will happen.
7.4........................................................THE DARK PROPHECY
I have some question as to whether this is actually prophecy. Parts of
it could be and other parts could be a taunt.
7.4.1
7.4.1.1
-----Daughter of the Night, she walks again.
Lanfear
7.4.1.2
-----The ancient war, she yet fights.
Battle between Dragon and Shadow/Light and Shadow
7.4.1.3
-----Her new lover she seeks, who shall serve her and die, yet serve still.
Rand is the new lover. The second part is why I do not believe that all of
this is prophecy. If it is, however, then it seems to imply that Rand will
serve Lanfear for a while. This may or may not tie in with the beggar theory.
7.4.1.4
-----Who shall stand against her coming?
-----The Shining Walls shall kneel.
Tar Valon will kneel
7.4.1.5
-----Blood feeds blood.
-----Blood calls blood.
-----Blood is, and blood was, and blood shall ever be.
-----The man who channels stands alone.
Rand.
7.4.1.6
-----He gives his friends for sacrifice.
Could refer to something in the future.
7.4.1.7
-----Two roads before him, one to death beyond dying, one to life eternal.
-----Which will he choose? Which will he choose?
-----What hand shelters? What hand slays?
-----Luc came to the Mountains of Dhoom.
Luc is Lord Luc, Morgase's brother.
7.4.1.8
-----Isam waited in the high passes.
Isam is Lan's cousin. See "More Tales of the Wheel" in TEOTW.
7.4.1.9
-----The hunt is now begun. The Shadow's hounds now course, and kill.
Metaphorical. Along the lines of "The Game's Afoot!".
7.4.1.10
-----One did live, and one did die, but both are.
Luc and Isam combined and are Slayer.
7.4.1.11
-----The Time of Change has come.
The end of an age.
7.4.1.12
-----The Watchers wait on Toman's Head.
They wait for the return of the Seanchan in Falme.
7.4.1.13
-----The seed of the Hammer burns the ancient tree.
The Hammer is Artur Hawkwing, his seed are the Seanchan, and the tree is
probably Avendesora metaphorically signifying peace although it could
be literal.
7.4.1.14
-----Death shall sow, and summer burn, before the Great Lord comes.
-----Death shall reap, and bodies fail, before the Great Lord comes.
Battle type stuff.
7.4.1.15
-----Again the seed slays ancient wrong, before the Great Lord comes.
What is the ancient wrong? Possibly the continent ignoring the people who
left with Uther and not keeping to their oaths.
7.4.1.16
-----Now the Great Lord comes.
The Dark One is breaking out.
7.5....................................................THE KARAETHON CYCLE
7.5.1
----- And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered,
-----and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age, and the DO shall
-----once more lay his hand upon the world of man. Women shall weep and men
-----quail as the nations of the earth are rent like rotting cloth. Neither
-----shall anything stand nor abide...
----- Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow...and there shall be
-----wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes
-----shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his
-----coming, tearing apart all ties that bind. Like the unfettered dawn shall
-----he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the
-----Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light. Let
-----tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation.
Not much here.
7.5.2
7.5.2.1
Vandene talking to Moiraine:
-----'Five ride forth, and four return.
The five are Hurin, Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin. Ingtar did not return.
7.5.2.2
-----Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross
-----the sky in fire...'
Rand declared himself above the Do Miere A'vron, the Watchers over the Sea.
7.5.3
Thom to Rand:
7.5.3.1
-----Twice and twice shall he be marked,
The herons and the Dragons.
7.5.3.2
-----twice to live, and twice to die,
Seems to imply Rand's going to die.
7.5.3.3
-----Once the heron to set his path.
In the other world throught he portal stone.
7.5.3.4
-----Twice the heron, to name him true.
At Falme where he was first proclaimed.
7.5.3.5
-----Once the Dragon for remembrance lost.
The remembrance of the Aiel at Rhuidean.
7.5.3.6
-----Twice the Dragon for the price he must pay.
His death? This also implies that the double dragon marking at
Rhuidean might only constitute a single dragon marking in the context of the
prophecy.
7.5.4
Thom to Rand:
7.5.4.1
-----Twice dawns the day when his blood is shed.
There might be an eclipse during Tarmon Gai'don.
7.5.4.2
-----Once for mourning, once for birth.
He dies and then the world is reborn. Rand could be reborn in someway
too.
7.5.4.3
-----Red on black, the Dragon's blood stains the rock of Shayol Ghul.
Rand's wound will open and he'll probably die too. His "blood" could
also refer to the Aiel. See also <7.5.7.1>
7.5.4.4
-----In the Pit of Doom shall his blood free men from the Shadow.
Rebirth of world. One man dies to save world in classic Christ figre
fashion.
7.5.5
Moiraine in conversation:
7.5.5.1
-----He has yet to break the nations, or shatter the world.
Rand's doing that.
7.5.5.2
-----Even scholars who have studied the Prophecies for their entire
-----lives do not know how to interpret them all. What does it mean
-----that he shall 'slay his people people with the sword of peace,
-----and destroy them with the leaf'?
The breaking of the Aiel. The leaf is the Way of the Leaf, refering to
the Aiel's origins. See above and TSR.
7.5.5.3
-----What does it mean that he 'shall bind the nine moons to serve him'?
He shall control the Seanchan in some manner. Maybe related to Mat's marriage.
7.5.5.4
-----Yet these there are given equal weight with Callandor in the Cycle.
-----There are others. What 'wound of madness and cutting of hope' has he
-----healed?
Could refer to the taint.
7.5.5.5
-----What chains has he broken, and who put into chains?
Could refer to Asmodean. Also, there are kids of the empress put
to the question. They might be in the Tower of Ravens in chains. See
above. Chains might be the a'dams of the Seanchan.
7.5.6
7.5.6.1
-----And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his
-----name, for he shall be born among us many times, in
-----many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time
-----without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of
-----the plow, turning our lives in furrows from out of the
-----places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of bonds;
-----the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper
-----of destiny.
Not much here.
7.5.7
7.5.7.1
-----His blood on the rocks of Shayol Ghul, washing away
-----the Shadow, sacrifice for man's salvation.
Not much here beyond the other than the reference to blood at Shayol
Ghul. See also <7.5.4.3>
7.5.8
7.5.8.1
-----Power of the Shadow made human flesh
-----wakened to turmoil, strife and ruin.
-----The Reborn One, marked and bleeding,
Rand's been marked in a few ways,
7.5.8.2
-----dances the sword in dreams and mist,
Metaphor?
7.5.8.3
-----chains the Shadowsworn to his will,
Asmodean.
7.5.8.4
-----from the city, lost and forsaken,
Rhuidean.
7.5.8.5
-----leads the spears to war once more,
Leads the Aiel.
7.5.8.6
-----breaks the spears and makes them see,
-----truth long hidden in the ancient dream.
Rand telling the Aiel of their origins.
7.5.9
7.5.9.1
-----Into the heart he thrusts his sword,
-----into the heart, to hold their hearts.
-----Who draws it out shall follow after,
-----What hand can grasp that fearful blade?
Rand put Callandor into the Heart of the Stone. This seems to imply
that Rand will not be the person who will take Callandor out of the
stone. One possiblity is Logain. Also, Mat's amulet may allow someone
to get through Rand's traps.
7.5.10
7.5.10.1
-----With his coming are the dread fires born again.
???
7.5.10.2
-----The hills burn, and the land turns sere.
Hills could refer to Cairhein.
7.5.10.3
-----The tides of men run out, and the hours dwindle.
???
7.5.10.4
-----The wall is pierced,
Shara? It is mentioned that all the Sharran cities have large walls
around them.
7.5.10.5
-----and the veil of parting raised.
This is interesting. Too bad I have no idea what it means. It seems
to imply some sort of separation. Maybe it refers to the Seanchan or
the Sharrans.
7.5.10.6
-----Storms rumble beyond the horizon,
Besides the entire drought thing, there is the fact that Nynaeve's
weather sense tells her that a storm is coming. See also <7.3.12.2>
7.5.10.7
-----and the fires of heaven purge the earth.
The fires at the battle of Cairhein?
7.5.10.8
-----There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
Rand has to break the world in the process of saving it.
7.5.11
>From The Prophecies of the Dragon, translation by Jeorad Manyard:
7.5.11.1
-----The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign.
The end of _Lord_of_Chaos_.
7.5.11.2
-----The seas rage, and stormclouds gather unseen.
Besides the obvious metaphor, this could be taken literally with the seas
possibly referring to the Atha'an Miere and the stormclouds being related
to the weather. Metaphorically, "stormclouds gather unseen" could refer to
the Dark One's plot against Rand among others. See also <7.3.11.6>
7.5.11.3
-----Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in
-----the bosom.
"Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell" could refer to the Seanchan, the
Sharamen, or both. "Serpents nestle in the bosom" could refer to bad things
happening at home, too.
7.5.11.4
-----What was exalted is cast down; what was cast down is raised up."
This is almost too vague to give any interpretation. It could merely refer
to the upheavel that Rand brings with him. "What was exalted" more
specifically could refer to the White tower and "what was cast down" could
refer to male channelers. There could be a lot more to this, though.
7.5.11.5
-----Order burns to clear his path.
Well, he _is_ The Lord of Chaos...
7.6..........................................................PERRIN'S DREAMS
7.6.1
7.6.1.1
-----Egwene and Nynaeve and Elayne stood looking at a huge metal
-----cage, with a raised door held on a heavy spring. They stepped
-----in and reached up together to loose the catch.
Egwene et al springing the trap in Tear
7.6.1.2
-----The barred door snapped down behind them. A woman with her
-----hair all in braids laughed at them, and another woman all
-----in white laughed at her.
Liandrin and Lanfear.
7.6.2
7.6.2.1
-----Mat, rattling a dice cup. His opponent stared at Mat with eyes
-----of fire.
Ishamael.
7.6.2.2
-----Mat did not seem to see the man, but Perrin knew him.
-----"Mat!" he shouted. "It's Ba'alzamon. Light, Mat, you're dicing
-----with Ba'alzamon!"
Mat going to Tear?
7.6.3
7.6.3.1
-----Rand stood amid swirling stormwinds, laughing wildly, even madly,
-----arms upraised, and on the winds rode [dragons];
Maybe Rhuidean again?
7.6.3.2
-----hidden eyes watched Rand, and there was no way of telling whether
-----he knew it;
Isendre or Lanfear watching Rand.
7.6.3.3
-----Nynaeve and Elayne stalking cautiously through a demented
-----landscape of twisted, shadowed buildings, hunting some dangerous
-----beast.
Nynaeve and Elayne going to Tanchico?
7.6.3.4
----- Mat, standing where a road forked ahead of him. He flipped
-----a coin, started down one branch, and suddenly was wearing a
-----wide-brimmed hat and walking with a staff bearing a short sword
-----blade.
Mat going with Rand? He has all the accoutrements mentioned.
7.6.3.5
-----Egwene and a woman with long white hair
Amys, probably.
7.6.3.6
-----were staring at him in surprise while behind them the White Tower
-----crumbled stone by stone.
The breaking of the tower, possibly by Seanchan. See <7.1.2.1>, <7.2.7.4>.
7.7.3
7.7.3.1
-----Egwene stood among a crowd of women, fear in her eyes; slowly the
-----women knelt around her, Nynaeve was one of them, and he believed
-----he saw Elayne's red-gold hair.
Egwene becoming Amyrlin.
-----That window faded and was replaced. Mat stood naked and bound,
-----snarling; an odd spear with a black shaft had been thrust across
-----his back behind his elbows, and a silver medallion, a foxhead,
-----hung on his chest.
Mat hanging from Avendesora in Rhuidean.
7.7.3.2
-----Mat vanished, and it was Rand. Perrin thought it was Rand.
-----He wore rags and a rough cloak, and a bandage covered
-----his eyes.
More signs that bad things might happen to Rand. The bandage may
indicate blindness. See also <7.2.1.12>, <7.1.8.2>, <7.2.16.1>
and <7.1.18.1>.